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The Eastern VOL. 33 MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, FEBRUARY, 1953 NO. 6 GBSTC Year Older Mar. 5
Established in 1881, First Class Enrolls 11
This March 5, 1953, marks the
end of the 72nd year of service
given to the state by General
Beadle State Teachers College,
which was established by the
Legislative Assembly of Dakota
Territory in 1881.
The original plot of land to be
used for the school, that where
now Dr. D. S. Baughman has
his home on highway 34, was
considered too far from town. The
legislature authorized the sale of
this property, with provision that
a new site be donated. This new
site, which is the present location,
was donated by Charles B. Kennedy, formerly of Lake County,
and contains 20 acres.
Class work began on Dec. 5,
1883, in the Madison Public
School Building, with eleven students enrolled, Charles S. Richardson, graduate of Colby University,
Maine, was the president and only
teacher. In the second season,
forty-two students enrolled and
another teacher, E. H. Evanson,
graduate of the University of
Wisconsin, was employed.
On Nov. 2, 1885, 107 students
moved into the new building
which had been constructed, and
six more teachers were added.
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Sioux Falls Wins
Debate Tourney
Held Here Feb. 7
Sioux Falls high school speech
contestants won sweepstake
honors in the annual tri-state
debate tournament held at
GBSTC on Feb. 7. Students from
Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota participated.
Thirty debates were scheduled
to take place simultaneously in
East and West Wings, the Gymnasium, and Training School.
Coaches from the participating
schools, together with two GBSTC
students, Orvel Lundberg and
Harold Hammerstrom, acted as
judges.
Sioux Falls walked away with
the sweepstakes trophy and
Brookings and Madison came in
second and third respectively. The
experienced debate trophy was
taken by Watertown, with Brookings coming in second and
Augustana Academy, Canton,
taking third place. Sioux Falls
took top place in the inexperienced debate with Brookings and
Beresford taking second and
third place ratings.
In the individual events, Dick
Bies, Madison, won first in the
experienced oratory division,
while Paul Winden, Sioux Falls,
took the honors in the inexperienced oratory division. Jim Ward,
Sioux Falls, placed first in experienced extempore speech. The
contest for inexperienced extempore speakers was won by D. Cripper from Worthington, Minn.
The three top debaters of the
tournament were: Mary Rasmussen, Augustana Academy;
Jim Klassen, Huron; and Pat
Zerbes, Watertown. The top inexperienced debaters were Carrole Frank, Beresford, and Paul
Rogness, Sioux Falls.
The all-day event, which began with registration at 9 a.m.
and ended with the presentation
of awards in the auditorium at
4:30 p.m., was conducted by Jim
Slack, director of speech at Central High School, R. S. Rutherford, GBSTC instructor in speech,
and P. E. Tyrrell, director of
special services. The event was
sponsored by Madison Central
High School.
Gilbert and Sullivan's Comic Opera Splendidly Given
Full Chorus in Production
MEN'S CHORUS—Left to right
—Back Row: Stan Sprague, Jim
Koscki, Lyle Kramer, Ken Hansman, and Jim Peterson. 3rd Row:
Phillip Johnson, Dick Matthews,
Glen Jensen, and Virgil Hoyer.
WOMEN'S CHORUS—LaVonne
Attletweedt, Mary Lou Fluegel
(pianist), Vianne Schooler, Marjorie Oleson, Dorothy Nelson,
Ruby Jorgenson, Marion Paulson,
Dorothy Verio, Myrna Moschell,
Ellen Kinney, Ruby Frerichs,
Joyce Harter, Loyla Solem, Janet
Nelson, Elnore Sehulte, Evelyn
Soresen, JoAnn Luken, Donnette
Osterburg, Beverly Markegard,
Joan Dahl, and Sara Ann Schrooten.
-Photograph by Jesus Manalisay
PRINCIPALS—Eugene Linton,
Pooh-Bah; Janet Gross, Pitti-
Sing; LeMar Nelson, Ko-Ko; Kathleen Lang, Katisha; Jack MewBorne, Nanki-Poo; Dorothy McKellips, Yum-Yum; Orvel Lundberg, and Mikado; Lois Dooley,
Peep-Bo; and Dwayne Pecks, Pish-
Tush.
Year's Coming Programs Arranged
During the remainder of the
year some fine programs will be
offered on the campus in the
form of concerts, lectures, and
forums.
Assembly programs will be:
Feb. 25 (Wednesday, 2 p.m.),
A Film entitled "The Choice Is
Yours,'' through the courtesy of
the W.C.T.U.
Apr. 21 (Tuesday, 10 a.m.),
Hobart Mitchell, "The Poetry of
Song."
In addition, Village Concert Association programs will be:
Mar. 12 (Thursday, 8 p.m.),
Knowlton Duo.
The Village Concert Series programs are open only to those who
bought season tickets. Assembly
programs are open to students,
faculty members, and the general
public without charge.
The programs named are definitely arranged for, but other assembly programs may be given
which are not yet scheduled.
Panel Discusses
18-Year-Olds' Voting
Students at GBSTC considered
the question of the 18-year-old
vote in a panel discussion held
in East Hall Parlors on Feb. 10.
The group was led by a panel
consisting of Harold Hammerstrom, chairman; Bob Weld, Virgil Hoyer, Harlan Stenaas, and
Orvel Lundberg.
This discussion was the first
of a series of such programs to
be presented this year. A schedule has been formed so that
the discussion may take place
at the regular assembly hour
when there are no assemblies
scheduled.
The discussions are to be very
informal with coffee served and
questions freely asked. The
topics to be talked over will be
selected by interested students.
Three Former
Staff Members
Claimed by Death
In the last two weeks three
men formerly members of the
GBSTC staff have passed away.
All had given many years to
serving the college.
Roscoe Eugene Hilton, 74, an
employee for 29 years, was the
first of those to go. He was on
active duty at the time of his
death, which occurred on Jan. 30,
following influenza and a heart
attack.
George William Roberts, 83,
who was employed at the college
for 31 years, died: Feb. 4. He
came to the campus in. 1916 and
retired in 1947 because of ill
health.
George MacGregor, 70, for many
years superintendent of buildings,
died in his sleep at his home on
Feb. 11. Although he retired from
work several years ago, he was
a familiar figure on the campus
and was frequently called in to
give advice on building wiring and
heating. The maintenance force, in
particular, will sorely miss Mr. MacGregor.
American Legion Hears Students
The speech group from GBSTC
conducted a panel discussion of
the question, "How can we best
combat the threat of communism," before the Madison chapter of the American Legion,
Feb. 16.
Students taking part that evening were Harold Hammerstrom, chairman; Virgel Hoyer,
Bob Weld, and Orvel Lundberg.
The panel discussion ended
with a lively question and
answer period, in which the Legion members took active part.
The communist question is the
intercollegiate discussion question
for the 1952-1953 school year, and
the speech group had previously
discussed the problem at a
speech meet at the University of
South Dakota last fall, and before the Madison W.C.T.U. this
winter.
Business Students
Will Present Skit
A skit dramatizing the right
and wrong way of applying for
an interview will be presented by
four business students for members of the accounting class sometime this month.
Those participating and the
parts they portray are: Dearld
Bagley, the personnel manager of
a large organization who is interviewing applicants for a secretarial position with his company; June Ellis, his private secretary; Dorothy Nelson, the applicant who gets the job; and
Delia Johnson, the applicant illustrating the wrong way to apply
for an interview.
Music Contest Held at GBSTC
Between 400 and 500 grade
school pupils competed in the
annual music contest held Feb. 21, at GBSTC.
Eldon Samp, Flandreau, directed the contest which was judged
in four main divisions: Instruments—brass, woodwind, and piano; and ensembles.
After the winners had been picked by the judges, superior contestants presented a grand
concert in the evening.
Weld Has Operation
Bob Weld recently underwent surgery at the Madison Community Hospital where he was taken
following an attack of appendicitis. He was released a short time after the operation and is now
taking an active part in school activities.
'Mikado' Draws Large Crowds
'Mark for Future' Set by Performance
The presentation of Gilbert
and Sullivan's "The Mikado" by
the GBSTC Chorus, under the
direction of S. K. Lotspeich, instructor in music, on Jan. 29 and
30, drew large audiences. The
program was one of the best, if
no the best, ever given in Madison.
The singing and acting of
chorus members and the cast, and
the accompanying, which was
done by Mary Fluegel, Salem, a
freshman, were all excellent, and
Mr. Lotspeich and R. S. Rutherford, who assisted with the
staging and direction, are both
to be congratulated. They have
set "a mark to shoot at" in the
future, and, incidentally, have revealed formerly hidden dramatic
talents of students.
Comic Roles Well-Played
The chief comic roles in this
perennially popular operetta—
those of Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner; Pooh-Bah, Lord High
Everything Else; and Pish-Tush,
a Nobleman—were sung respectively by LeMar Nelson, Strandburg; Eugene Linton, Watertown; and Dwayne Pecks, Madison. The acting of these three
provided much of the merriment
of the program. Nelson and
Linton, particularly, did some excellent clowning, and were very
evidently enjoying themselves in
their roles.
Mewborne as Mikado's Son
The lovely baritone voice of
Jack Mewborne, Madison, as
Nanki-Poo, the son of the
Mikado who is wandering as a
disguised minstrel, also particularly pleased the audience, especially in one of the songs occurring early in the operetta (and
one of the famous ones in it),
"A Wandering Minstrel I." His
other songs were also all well
done.
Dorothy McKellips, Flandreau,
a freshman, as Yum-Yum, the
sweetheart of Nanki-Poo, sang
very sweetly and pleasingly and
flitted around the stage like a
butterfly. The other member of
the women's trio was Lois
Dooley, Madison. She had no
solos but sang excellently with
the other members of the trio.
K. Lang in Difficult Role
Kathleen Lang, Madison, acted
the difficult role of Katisha, the
ugly old woman in love with
Nanki-Poo, extremely well. Hers
was a difficult role, but both
her acting and singing were
good.
Jesus Manilisay, a student from
Guam, contributed greatly to the
entertainment of the audience as
Ko-Ko's sword bearer and the
Mikado's umbrella carrier. His
pantomine was one of the best
parts of the production.
Orvel Lundberg, Strandburg,
was the gorgeously dressed
Mikado who appears only briefly
in the operetta. He gave an excellent performance.
Special Effects Help
Special, colorful Japanese costumes embellished by fans and
Japanese umbrellas, special lights
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The Eastern VOL. 33 MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, FEBRUARY, 1953 NO. 6 GBSTC Year Older Mar. 5
Established in 1881, First Class Enrolls 11
This March 5, 1953, marks the
end of the 72nd year of service
given to the state by General
Beadle State Teachers College,
which was established by the
Legislative Assembly of Dakota
Territory in 1881.
The original plot of land to be
used for the school, that where
now Dr. D. S. Baughman has
his home on highway 34, was
considered too far from town. The
legislature authorized the sale of
this property, with provision that
a new site be donated. This new
site, which is the present location,
was donated by Charles B. Kennedy, formerly of Lake County,
and contains 20 acres.
Class work began on Dec. 5,
1883, in the Madison Public
School Building, with eleven students enrolled, Charles S. Richardson, graduate of Colby University,
Maine, was the president and only
teacher. In the second season,
forty-two students enrolled and
another teacher, E. H. Evanson,
graduate of the University of
Wisconsin, was employed.
On Nov. 2, 1885, 107 students
moved into the new building
which had been constructed, and
six more teachers were added.
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Sioux Falls Wins
Debate Tourney
Held Here Feb. 7
Sioux Falls high school speech
contestants won sweepstake
honors in the annual tri-state
debate tournament held at
GBSTC on Feb. 7. Students from
Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota participated.
Thirty debates were scheduled
to take place simultaneously in
East and West Wings, the Gymnasium, and Training School.
Coaches from the participating
schools, together with two GBSTC
students, Orvel Lundberg and
Harold Hammerstrom, acted as
judges.
Sioux Falls walked away with
the sweepstakes trophy and
Brookings and Madison came in
second and third respectively. The
experienced debate trophy was
taken by Watertown, with Brookings coming in second and
Augustana Academy, Canton,
taking third place. Sioux Falls
took top place in the inexperienced debate with Brookings and
Beresford taking second and
third place ratings.
In the individual events, Dick
Bies, Madison, won first in the
experienced oratory division,
while Paul Winden, Sioux Falls,
took the honors in the inexperienced oratory division. Jim Ward,
Sioux Falls, placed first in experienced extempore speech. The
contest for inexperienced extempore speakers was won by D. Cripper from Worthington, Minn.
The three top debaters of the
tournament were: Mary Rasmussen, Augustana Academy;
Jim Klassen, Huron; and Pat
Zerbes, Watertown. The top inexperienced debaters were Carrole Frank, Beresford, and Paul
Rogness, Sioux Falls.
The all-day event, which began with registration at 9 a.m.
and ended with the presentation
of awards in the auditorium at
4:30 p.m., was conducted by Jim
Slack, director of speech at Central High School, R. S. Rutherford, GBSTC instructor in speech,
and P. E. Tyrrell, director of
special services. The event was
sponsored by Madison Central
High School.
Gilbert and Sullivan's Comic Opera Splendidly Given
Full Chorus in Production
MEN'S CHORUS—Left to right
—Back Row: Stan Sprague, Jim
Koscki, Lyle Kramer, Ken Hansman, and Jim Peterson. 3rd Row:
Phillip Johnson, Dick Matthews,
Glen Jensen, and Virgil Hoyer.
WOMEN'S CHORUS—LaVonne
Attletweedt, Mary Lou Fluegel
(pianist), Vianne Schooler, Marjorie Oleson, Dorothy Nelson,
Ruby Jorgenson, Marion Paulson,
Dorothy Verio, Myrna Moschell,
Ellen Kinney, Ruby Frerichs,
Joyce Harter, Loyla Solem, Janet
Nelson, Elnore Sehulte, Evelyn
Soresen, JoAnn Luken, Donnette
Osterburg, Beverly Markegard,
Joan Dahl, and Sara Ann Schrooten.
-Photograph by Jesus Manalisay
PRINCIPALS—Eugene Linton,
Pooh-Bah; Janet Gross, Pitti-
Sing; LeMar Nelson, Ko-Ko; Kathleen Lang, Katisha; Jack MewBorne, Nanki-Poo; Dorothy McKellips, Yum-Yum; Orvel Lundberg, and Mikado; Lois Dooley,
Peep-Bo; and Dwayne Pecks, Pish-
Tush.
Year's Coming Programs Arranged
During the remainder of the
year some fine programs will be
offered on the campus in the
form of concerts, lectures, and
forums.
Assembly programs will be:
Feb. 25 (Wednesday, 2 p.m.),
A Film entitled "The Choice Is
Yours,'' through the courtesy of
the W.C.T.U.
Apr. 21 (Tuesday, 10 a.m.),
Hobart Mitchell, "The Poetry of
Song."
In addition, Village Concert Association programs will be:
Mar. 12 (Thursday, 8 p.m.),
Knowlton Duo.
The Village Concert Series programs are open only to those who
bought season tickets. Assembly
programs are open to students,
faculty members, and the general
public without charge.
The programs named are definitely arranged for, but other assembly programs may be given
which are not yet scheduled.
Panel Discusses
18-Year-Olds' Voting
Students at GBSTC considered
the question of the 18-year-old
vote in a panel discussion held
in East Hall Parlors on Feb. 10.
The group was led by a panel
consisting of Harold Hammerstrom, chairman; Bob Weld, Virgil Hoyer, Harlan Stenaas, and
Orvel Lundberg.
This discussion was the first
of a series of such programs to
be presented this year. A schedule has been formed so that
the discussion may take place
at the regular assembly hour
when there are no assemblies
scheduled.
The discussions are to be very
informal with coffee served and
questions freely asked. The
topics to be talked over will be
selected by interested students.
Three Former
Staff Members
Claimed by Death
In the last two weeks three
men formerly members of the
GBSTC staff have passed away.
All had given many years to
serving the college.
Roscoe Eugene Hilton, 74, an
employee for 29 years, was the
first of those to go. He was on
active duty at the time of his
death, which occurred on Jan. 30,
following influenza and a heart
attack.
George William Roberts, 83,
who was employed at the college
for 31 years, died: Feb. 4. He
came to the campus in. 1916 and
retired in 1947 because of ill
health.
George MacGregor, 70, for many
years superintendent of buildings,
died in his sleep at his home on
Feb. 11. Although he retired from
work several years ago, he was
a familiar figure on the campus
and was frequently called in to
give advice on building wiring and
heating. The maintenance force, in
particular, will sorely miss Mr. MacGregor.
American Legion Hears Students
The speech group from GBSTC
conducted a panel discussion of
the question, "How can we best
combat the threat of communism," before the Madison chapter of the American Legion,
Feb. 16.
Students taking part that evening were Harold Hammerstrom, chairman; Virgel Hoyer,
Bob Weld, and Orvel Lundberg.
The panel discussion ended
with a lively question and
answer period, in which the Legion members took active part.
The communist question is the
intercollegiate discussion question
for the 1952-1953 school year, and
the speech group had previously
discussed the problem at a
speech meet at the University of
South Dakota last fall, and before the Madison W.C.T.U. this
winter.
Business Students
Will Present Skit
A skit dramatizing the right
and wrong way of applying for
an interview will be presented by
four business students for members of the accounting class sometime this month.
Those participating and the
parts they portray are: Dearld
Bagley, the personnel manager of
a large organization who is interviewing applicants for a secretarial position with his company; June Ellis, his private secretary; Dorothy Nelson, the applicant who gets the job; and
Delia Johnson, the applicant illustrating the wrong way to apply
for an interview.
Music Contest Held at GBSTC
Between 400 and 500 grade
school pupils competed in the
annual music contest held Feb. 21, at GBSTC.
Eldon Samp, Flandreau, directed the contest which was judged
in four main divisions: Instruments—brass, woodwind, and piano; and ensembles.
After the winners had been picked by the judges, superior contestants presented a grand
concert in the evening.
Weld Has Operation
Bob Weld recently underwent surgery at the Madison Community Hospital where he was taken
following an attack of appendicitis. He was released a short time after the operation and is now
taking an active part in school activities.
'Mikado' Draws Large Crowds
'Mark for Future' Set by Performance
The presentation of Gilbert
and Sullivan's "The Mikado" by
the GBSTC Chorus, under the
direction of S. K. Lotspeich, instructor in music, on Jan. 29 and
30, drew large audiences. The
program was one of the best, if
no the best, ever given in Madison.
The singing and acting of
chorus members and the cast, and
the accompanying, which was
done by Mary Fluegel, Salem, a
freshman, were all excellent, and
Mr. Lotspeich and R. S. Rutherford, who assisted with the
staging and direction, are both
to be congratulated. They have
set "a mark to shoot at" in the
future, and, incidentally, have revealed formerly hidden dramatic
talents of students.
Comic Roles Well-Played
The chief comic roles in this
perennially popular operetta—
those of Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner; Pooh-Bah, Lord High
Everything Else; and Pish-Tush,
a Nobleman—were sung respectively by LeMar Nelson, Strandburg; Eugene Linton, Watertown; and Dwayne Pecks, Madison. The acting of these three
provided much of the merriment
of the program. Nelson and
Linton, particularly, did some excellent clowning, and were very
evidently enjoying themselves in
their roles.
Mewborne as Mikado's Son
The lovely baritone voice of
Jack Mewborne, Madison, as
Nanki-Poo, the son of the
Mikado who is wandering as a
disguised minstrel, also particularly pleased the audience, especially in one of the songs occurring early in the operetta (and
one of the famous ones in it),
"A Wandering Minstrel I." His
other songs were also all well
done.
Dorothy McKellips, Flandreau,
a freshman, as Yum-Yum, the
sweetheart of Nanki-Poo, sang
very sweetly and pleasingly and
flitted around the stage like a
butterfly. The other member of
the women's trio was Lois
Dooley, Madison. She had no
solos but sang excellently with
the other members of the trio.
K. Lang in Difficult Role
Kathleen Lang, Madison, acted
the difficult role of Katisha, the
ugly old woman in love with
Nanki-Poo, extremely well. Hers
was a difficult role, but both
her acting and singing were
good.
Jesus Manilisay, a student from
Guam, contributed greatly to the
entertainment of the audience as
Ko-Ko's sword bearer and the
Mikado's umbrella carrier. His
pantomine was one of the best
parts of the production.
Orvel Lundberg, Strandburg,
was the gorgeously dressed
Mikado who appears only briefly
in the operetta. He gave an excellent performance.
Special Effects Help
Special, colorful Japanese costumes embellished by fans and
Japanese umbrellas, special lights
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